MEDIUM pastel, acrylic & watercolor
FEATURED WORK
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STATEMENT
To have the ability to see and appreciate the beauty in the world around us is a precious gift. To be able to work with your hands to produce something that speaks of you and to you is a blessing.
I began painting in college, primarily doing collage and using acrylics. I continued painting for several years thereafter, until family and a job took up most of my time. After retirement, I went back to art, beginning with the study of pastels. I am now learning watercolor as I continue with pastels.
My work in pastels is about exploring the medium and what it can do and what I can do with it. Depicting the light at various times of the day and how it transforms shapes and colors is of particular interest to me. In my exploration of watercolor, the way that the colors mingle on the paper is fascinating – and frustrating! – and I’m enjoying the process.
CV/BIO
Member:
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Pastel Society of New Jersey, Contemporary Arts Group NJ, Westfield Art Association, Watchung Art Center
Awards:
Pastel Award, Visual Arts Center of NJ Members’ Show, 2009
Third Place, Pastel Society of NJ Show, 2010
Second Place, Union County Senior Art Show, 2011
Second Place, Landscapes, Tewksbury Historical Society Show, 2011
Honorable Mention, Pastel Society Members’ Show, 2011
First Place, Landscapes, Union County Senior Art Show, 2012
Third Place, Landscapes, New Jersey Senior Art Show, 2012
Honorable Mention, Visual Arts Center of NJ Members’ Show, 2014
Honorable Mention, Contemporary Art Group Members’ Show, 2015
Second Place, Contemporary Art Group Members’ Show, 2017
Honorable Mention, Union County Senior Art Show, 2017
First, Second and Third Place awards from other shows
Shows:
Pastel Society of NJ Juried Show, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011-2013, 2015-2017
VACNJ Members’ Shows, 2005-2015
AAUW, Summit College Club Shows at New Providence Library 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
CAG Shows 2011-2017
Solo Show at Summit Library Gallery 2010
Paper Mill Playhouse Upstairs Gallery, 2009
Bernardsville Library Juried Show, 2009
Mendham Public Library, Brookside, March, 2008
Interweave Art Show, Summit, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014
Calvary Church Gallery 2010, 2013
Lamington Presbyterian Church Annual Invitational Art Show, 2006
Many group shows with art students
In many private collections
Education:
AB, Art History, Douglass College, Rutgers University
Graduate work, Art, University of North Carolina
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